He was born in Brunswick on July 7, 1932, to Louis Philip and Josephine (Lebel) St. Onge. His siblings include the Rev. Louis M. St. Onge, S.J. (deceased ), and Solange and her husband Frank (deceased) Fortin and their three children, Patsy, Mark and Maureen.

George graduated from Brunswick High School. Following graduation he enlisted in the U.S. Navy, and he served four years during the Korean War as a hospital corpsman, where most of his time was spent as an X-ray technician aboard the heavy cruiser USS Pittsburgh CA72.
In 1955, George married Doris E. Bernier. Both then traveled to Pittsburgh, Pa., for George to attend Duquesne University where he obtained his B.S. in pharmacy. Together, George and Doris had three sons: Philip St. Onge, his wife and their three children of Winslow; David St. Onge (deceased) and his two children, George and Todd of Palm Bay, Fa.; and Robert St. Onge of Augusta and NYC and his partner, John Reny of Augusta.

George worked a few years as a pharmaceutical representative for E.I. Lilly and Co. He then bought and operated Dexter’s Drug Store in Winslow. During this time he was a board member of St. John’s the Parish Credit Union, Winslow, and the Rotary Club of Waterville. Later in life the couple returned to Brunswick to care for Doris’s mother Adrienne and her sister, Alice. He continued to work as a pharmacist for the Rite Aid Corp. throughout the state of Maine. He was a parishioner of St. John the Baptist Church, an avid reader and sports enthusiast.

A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, at St. John the Baptist Church, 39 Pleasant St., Brunswick.

Committal prayers with military honors will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23, at The Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 163 Mt. Vernon Road, Augusta.

Memorial donations may be made to Dionne Commons, Activities Fund, 24 Maurice Drive, Brunswick, ME 04011.

Arrangements are by Stetson’s Funeral Home, 12 Federal St., Brunswick, where memorial condolences may be expressed at stetsonsfuneralhome.com.